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Tabatha

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Tabatha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 282nd, in 1983.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
110.00% of girls
Peak year
1983837 births
Best rank
#282in 1983
Since 1965
19,398people given the name
Babies named Tabatha, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

19,398 girls have been named Tabatha in the United States since 1965, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1983, with 837 births.

The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 837 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 38%. It has spent 32 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
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By decade

Decadegirls named Tabatha
1960s2,445
1970s5,273
1980s7,289
1990s3,199
2000s879
2010s263
2020s50

In 1983, its biggest year

Tabatha was the 282nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1983 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 1983.

Names that rose and fell with Tabatha

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.